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August 21, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Romney opening up — a little — about his religion
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney is starting to open up about his lifelong commitment to Mormonism and his role in the church, following pleas from supporters who say that talking about his faith could help him overcome his struggles to connect with voters.
August 21, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Obama and Romney talk to D.C. magazine about their faiths
President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, interviewed separately by a religious magazine, addressed skeptics who question their faith and offered divergent views of the separation of church and state.
August 19, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: US government and politics no longer run by WASPs. Does it matter?
No matter how it turns out, the 2012 presidential election will have made history.
August 06, 2012 - The Washington Post
WaPo: Opinion: Romney should not be afraid to highlight his faith
Concerning Mormons and Republicans, history offers a large helping of irony.
August 06, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Authorities search for motive in Sikh killings
Authorities were trying to determine a motive Monday for a bloody attack on a Sikh temple outside Milwaukee by an ex-Army soldier who killed six people and critically injured three others.
August 03, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Does Chick-fil-A controversy risk turning off young employees?
As the Chick-fil-A brouhaha rages on—the controversy over president Dan Cathy’s comments about gay marriage have prompted everything from record sales and Friday’s protest “kiss-ins”—some news outlets are starting to ask the question of what it’s like to work at the chain amid the uproar.
July 27, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Obama’s Muslim problem = Romney’s Mormon problem
According to a new poll from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, more people are concerned about Obama’s religion (19 percent) than about Romney’s (13 percent).
July 26, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Religion has little impact in U.S. race: poll
Sixty percent of voters are aware that Romney is a Mormon, and 81 percent say it does not matter to them, according to the poll by the Pew Research Center.
July 26, 2012 - USA Today
USA Today: Poll: Less than half say Obama is a Christian
Forty-nine percent of voters identify President Obama as a Christian, a new poll says, and the others say that they don't know or that he is a Muslim.
July 26, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: Mitt Romney's Mormon religion will have little impact in election
Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, considered to be a potential liability in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, will likely have little consequence when voters go to the polls in November, according to a new survey.
July 26, 2012 - New York Daily News
Daily News: Poll finds Americans still confused about Barack Obama’s religion
Nearly four years after he was sent to the White House, less than half of American voters know President Obama is Christian, a new poll has found.
July 26, 2012 - AFP
AFP: US poll shows persistence of Obama Muslim lie
More than one in three conservative Republican voters still thinks US President Barack Obama is a Muslim, nearly four years after he won power, said a Pew Research Center survey.
July 26, 2012 - Christianity Today
Christianity Today: Poll of Americans: Better a Mormon than a Muslim in White House
Most Americans are comfortable with Mitt Romney's Mormon faith, but they appear more comfortable with President Obama's religion—that is, unless they believe he's a Muslim.
July 09, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Faith drives new political movement
In the beginning was the Moral Majority.
July 07, 2012 - Journal Sentinel
Journal Sentinel: Politics flow from pulpit in good faith
At St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hales Corners, Father Chuck Schramm has been known to talk politics in the pulpit, lifting up church teaching on such issues as immigration and the care of the poor and disadvantaged.
June 30, 2012 - The Christian Post
Christian Post: New declaration calls for greater religious freedom globally
Following months of headlines describing violent religious persecution in nations like Nigeria, a new declaration is calling for greater religious freedom globally.
June 25, 2012 - Religion News Service
RNS: Poll: Mormons excited about Romney’s rise, but wary of media
Most Mormons in Utah believe that Mitt Romney’s rise to become the likely GOP presidential nominee is a good thing for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
June 24, 2012 - Deseret News
Deseret News: 50 years later: High court's school prayer ruling still fuels religious liberty debate
When Steven Engel and several other parents decided to sue the state of New York in 1958 over a state-composed prayer being recited in public schools, a culture war was ignited that still smolders today.
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